Career comes first as young women consider egg freezing

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Young women who are training for professional careers are considering freezing
their eggs in their early 20s to preserve their fertility until they are
well-established in their jobs, a new study has suggested.

A survey of 100 women medical students, with an average age of 21, has
revealed that more than 85 per cent would be prepared to delay starting a
family for career reasons, and that 69 per cent would be happy to store eggs
on ice as insurance against later infertility.

The findings, from researchers at the University of Leeds, suggest that there
is growing demand for egg-freezing